Note that the winnings had been changed to just a single ticket as opposed to a pair, which was originally advertised. At this point, most would’ve probably tried to clarify the change — because that’s some false advertising shtick right there.

Not that it mattered though, because Ms Sze ended up being selected as their winner only two days later.

Faves Asia’s perspective

In response to queries from Stomp, a Faves Asia spokesperson apologised for the misunderstanding and provided their perspective on what happened.

During our arrangement on the tickets collection, Miki was supposed to collect the tickets last Friday (Dec 29) but cancelled due to her company event.

Furthermore, the spokesperson mentioned that there was no follow-up on the collection time and date from either Ms Sze or her sister-in-law. As the event was drawing closer, they made the decision to award the ticket to someone else.

After waiting for about a day and a half for Miki’s response (from either herself or her point of contact), we’ve decided to issue the ticket to another person (whom we have considered as one of the winners from the beginning).

According to him, they even tried reaching out to Ms Sze to “make good on [their] promise” but failed to do so “despite multiple calls”.

An issue of miscommunication

What do you think of the situation? Was it truly a case of Faves Asia scamming hopefuls in the form of a giveaway?

Ms Sze seems to think so.

Seems to us that this entire incident simply boiled down to miscommunication between both parties.

Perhaps Mr Lim could’ve been clearer on his part — or maybe Ms Sze could’ve texted in better English.

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